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Portrait of Banastre Tarleton
Painting by Joshua Reynolds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Portrait of Banastre Tarleton is a 1782 portrait painting by the English artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. It depicts the British army officer Banastre Tarleton against a background scene of battle, referring to his recent service in the American War of Independence.[1] Tarleton is shown in the uniform of the British Legion, a unit of American Loyalist cavalry which he had served with before surrendering at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781.[2] Reynolds, President of the Royal Academy, was of the country's leading portraitists.
It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in 1782.[3] Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery in London.[4]
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